The deadline to participate in Luminaria is October 31 at 5pm. To fill out the application form online, or for more information, please visit the website.
Artist, arts organization or arts vendor? Participate in "Art in the Parks" December 6 at Woodlawn Lake Park. The event is a collaboration between OCA, SA Parks and the San Antonio arts community. For more information, including an application form, visit the website.
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SAN ANTONIO Nonprofit hopes the money flowsExpress-News (10/18/08)
Jennifer Hiller
The San Antonio River Foundation hopes that its $6.8million artwork investment will help energize its fundraising efforts by generating excitement about the river project south of downtown, part of which will open November 2009. TEXAS Round Rock gets a professional symphony orchestraAustin American Statesman (10/16/08)
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
"Round Rock? A professional symphony orchestra? We know, we know. We hear the slights and chuckles. But an energetic bunch is busy staking its flag in Austin's suburbs. Next week, the Round Rock Symphony Orchestra will play its first concert." NATIONALColorado Study on Arts Education Arts Journal (10/14/08)
Richard Kessler
"New data reveals that Colorado public high schools offering arts education have lower dropout rates and higher test scores in reading, writing and science - regardless of ethnicity or socioeconomics. But 29,000 students receive no arts education." INTERNATIONAL US unveils Iraq culture aid Agence France-Presse (10/16/08) "US First Lady Laura Bush visited Baghdad's embassy in Washington on Thursday to unveil a 14-million-dollar US campaign to rebuild Iraq's cultural heritage and safeguard its treasures." Read More |
| October Artist of the Month |
 Get to know local San Antonio artists! The October artist of the month is filmmaker Stephen Acevedo.
Steve co-wrote and directed the 10-minute dark comedy, Shot. Filmed in downtown San Antonio, Shot premiered in March at SXSW, and recently won the Grand Jury Prize at the San Antonio Local Film Festival. In August, Steve was selected from more than 600 applicants to participate in the Disney-ABC/DGA Television Directing Fellowship. The yearlong fellowship provides aspiring television directors the opportunity to hone their craft and jump-start their careers by working alongside veteran directors on drama and comedy series such as Lost, Desperate Housewives, Scrubs, etc.
Shot will be screening at the San Antonio Local Film Festival, 7pm on Oct. 10, 2008 at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre (www.salfilmfest.com).
Read more about Stephen Acevedo here. |
Tenerife Danza Lab
The Willing
San Antonio Founders Day Musical Tribute
The Composer is Dead
The Nightmare Before Christmas Exhibition
